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I learned a great deal about skills I need in this digital age. I learned from working professionals who are at the top of their game. I was really, really worried that my old school skills couldn’t be updated but I was so wrong. My station moves at the speed of light and there is simply no time to try to get this type of intense training at work.

Tammie Fields
2010 Seminar Participant, Essential Skills for the Digital Journalist

At the Institute

  • Poynter Institute Announces New Scholarship Program Generously Supported by AmerisourceBergen

    Posted on May 16, 2013

    As the lead sponsor of the Institute’s “Lessons for Journalism’s Playbook: Covering the Field in 2013 & Beyond” Gala and Panel Discussion, AmerisourceBergen will fully fund two scholarships for journalists

    ST. PETERSBURG, FL – The Poynter Institute for Media Studies, a leader in excellence in journalism and media innovation, has announced that AmerisourceBergen Corporation, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical service companies, has become the initial sponsor of a new scholarship program, which will allow journalists without the worry of cost to attend seminars at the Institute on subjects ranging from writing and editing to covering political controversies to telling better stories with multimedia tools. In addition to supporting the scholarship program, AmerisourceBergen is also the lead sponsor with a $50,000 donation for Poynter’s May 15 gala dinner and panel, Lessons for Journalism’s Playbook: Covering the Field in 2013 and Beyond, held at the Harvard Club of New York City.

  • Poynter’s News University, Journalism’s E-Learning Leader, Registers Its 250,000th User

    Posted on Apr. 15, 2013

    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. –The Poynter Institute’s e-learning project, News University (NewsU), announced today that it has registered its 250,000th user, marking a significant milestone for a program founded on the principles of flexible, focused and affordable journalism training.

    Over the last eight years, Poynter has created an online learning environment that recognizes the need for ‘just-in-time’ training for diverse audiences. NewsU, with its more than 275 training modules in four languages, offers the world’s largest online journalism curriculum.

  • Poynter's Response to Pew's State of the Media Report

    Posted on Mar. 27, 2013

    The Pew report, released last week on the State of the Media, probably came as no surprise to you.

    A thread in five key findings pulls together a growing threat to news businesses and to an informed society. The report says:

    • “Nearly one-third — 31% — of people say they have deserted a particular news outlet because it no longer provides the news and information they had grown accustomed to…”

In the News

  • Tompkins: A Confidential Source and A Gag Order

    Posted on Apr. 11, 2013

    “Taking information from a confidential source, especially for a case like this, is serious business. There is great peril in reporting around stories that have gag orders.” Poynter’s Al Tompkins (senior faculty, Broadcast and Online) said to a CBS News reporter for 48 Hours’ Crimsider.

  • Dunlap: The State of Journalism

    Posted on Dec. 06, 2012

    Poynter’s Karen Dunlap had a radio interview with Dan Maduri for NewsTalk Florida about the current state of journalism. Below are some of the responses to his question.

  • McBride: Leak Legislation

    Posted on Sep. 12, 2012

    “Journalists make a really good argument about how it is impossible to run a democracy if they don’t know what their government is doing,” Poynter’s Kelly McBride, told TVNewsCheck about legislation meant to stop intelligence leaks.

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Poynter Training

In-Person Training

  • TEDxPoynter Institute: Discovering the Future of Media (DTED-13)

    Seminar
    06/07

    To figure out where media is heading, we need to push the conversation beyond the traditional ideas we hear every day in the social media echo chamber. We need to connect the dots between the present and the future of media.

    During this interactive one-day TEDx event, we will tap into the minds of influential thought leaders from the broadest sections of the media industry.

    What makes this day unique is the variety of speakers at the intersection of technology and media — and the access that participants will have to these folks.

  • Editing 2013: How to Wear Five Hats and Succeed (W421-13)

    Seminar
    06/09-06/14
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    05/05

    Managers, which of these skills do you need to improve?

    • Editing on deadline
    • Juggling responsibilities
    • Delivering bad news
    • Offering feedback that improves performance
    • Publishing to multiple platforms
    • Using social media
    • Helping the staff embrace change
    • Finding good story ideas
    • Resolving conflict

    If you selected any — or all— of the skills on this list, Poynter can help you.

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Faculty Spotlight

  • Butch Ward
    Senior Faculty

    Butch Ward is Senior Faculty at The Poynter Institute. During his 27-year career as a journalist at The Philadelphia Inquirer and Baltimore News-American, Butch played a variety of roles, including managing editor at both newspapers.

  • Stephen Buckley
    Dean of Faculty

    Stephen Buckley is the dean of faculty at The Poynter Institute. Prior to joining Poynter, he was the digital publisher at the St. Petersburg Times, where he worked from 2001-2009.

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